WELLINGTON ITEMS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5459, 10 January 1896, Page 2

WELLINGTON ITEMS.

... • [JFBOM OXT&- OWN ,<!OBRBBPQNDBNT.] ,-..-) v .• Jan. 9. Mr Beeves sails to-morrpw^lpr., Sydney intlieiWatatipu with; thp intention of 'representing the colony ;«t the cable conference wHich-ia to meet there in a few days.! , '■■, V". . . _-, ..... • _"■ >■ [ Eegarding the^^ ;intercpjonial' conference to consider the treaty jifipan, I may say that New^Zealand', irii]Lnps. bo represented. Ministers have no wißn to meddle with that question, and.no invitation has tedn extended from Australia. „a ■ ~ltbu remember .the article, in the Mark Lane 'Expresi in which it was asserted that to prevent the exposure of a fpandulent account sale, a firm of Londpi, meat salesmen '. consented to '. pay; t^iiOpference iclaimed, viz., \i67000. , ; Into>th|Bi^i|Bgation the Premier requested, the Affentr|General to inquire. This Sir did with , the' result that,, he /hag .^onftd:— (l) That theeyidence^ isnpt suffloie,»|jy trustJwortUy tojuyi^yhjmi^giving'.fihve name of the firm in question ; (2) that.the transaction was not in the New Zealand, but in the American meat trade; (3). t(h%t there is a general opmion amongst the piaid was grossly.; ojcagprerated ; (4) that^^the system of ao^^i, ffia|eB in the meat market is so loose md unsatisfactory as tp require the serious and close tion of all concerned. .-.;/> ■ -The railway, returns for ,ft.o : J :lo^ a y season are,/. I hear, v the, -beft on- record, which is quite in ; accord.with I hear from' the shopkeepers .about their holiday takings. Business, , 'to . 'judge ■ by the ] numerous signs, not the least of which is the trick ..of . .the newspaper advertising, never looked better here : than itdoestoday* . . ;■- ..; .'/■■ {:,....' -•. ... ,. s